The Department of Veterans' Affairs has completed work on its online
Nationwide Gravesite Locator,
which contains 3.2 million records for veterans for 120 national cemeteries
going back to the Civil War. The database also contains records for
some state veterans cemeteries and burials in Arlington National Cemetery
since 1999. The records, which previously were stored as paper and
microfilm, are searchable for free. The record includes names, dates
of birth and death, dates of military service, service branch and
military rank, cemetery information, and grave marker location in
the cemetery. Cemeteries will withhold certain information by request
for privacy purposes.